The beginning of the rehabilitation of Andrew Scheer has to start with putting flesh and blood on the bones of that Conservative Declaration he quoted on election night. It was Diefenbaker's Pledge of Allegiance and it goes:
"I am a Canadian; a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind."
What we saw in the late campaign was the complete failure to uphold that heritage by Scheer, the other Leaders, their candidates, worst of all the PM, the Press and, it must be said, all of us. I believe that the sacred mission of Andrew Scheer is not, contrary to the impression we get from the usual suspects in our secular Liberal Press, to bring back theocratic rule to Canada but to give life again to the words of that Diefencreed articulated so simply and perfectly to us 60 years ago next year when our Bill of Rights was made law.
Scheer must make our Credo an every day reality again for all Canadians and, in so doing, can save himself, his Party and conservatism in this country.
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